I recall being in a very hot building in Greece years back, with a nice marble floor. I touched it, and it felt ice cold. After that, any time I got uncomfortably hot, all I had to do was get some 'floor time'...

I recall being in a very hot building in Greece years back, with a nice marble floor. I touched it, and it felt ice cold. After that, any time I got uncomfortably hot, all I had to do was get some 'floor time'...

with a marble floor, that is some extra coolness there. I know the feeling.

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Vain existence can never exist, for "unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain." (Psalm 127)

If the faith is unchanged and rock solid, then the gates of Hades never prevailed in the end.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

The newly released Christians of Al-Qaryaten who were liberated from their kidnappers only yesterday; and their families reunited at the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate in Bab Touma, Damascus. They were released yesterday after about 6 months of their abduction.

The breath of Thine Holy Spirit inspires artists, poets and scientists. The power of Thy supreme knowledge makes them prophets and interpreters of Thy laws, who reveal the depths of Thy creative wisdom. Their works speak unwittingly of Thee. How great art Thou in Thy creation! How great art Thou in man!

The newly released Christians of Al-Qaryaten who were liberated from their kidnappers only yesterday; and their families reunited at the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate in Bab Touma, Damascus. They were released yesterday after about 6 months of their abduction.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

After much squinting, I recognized this Coptic icon of St. Philopateer Mercurius was painted in 1672 AD (or 1388 AM, Coptic year) in the ancient Church of St. Mercurius in Old Cairo (Ancient Coptic Cairo)

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Vain existence can never exist, for "unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain." (Psalm 127)

If the faith is unchanged and rock solid, then the gates of Hades never prevailed in the end.

After much squinting, I recognized this Coptic icon of St. Philopateer Mercurius was painted in 1672 AD (or 1388 AM, Coptic year) in the ancient Church of St. Mercurius in Old Cairo (Ancient Coptic Cairo)

He has a spear in his hands, and two swords as well. And even two more swords floating above his head.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who can watch the watchmen?"No one is paying attention to your post reports"Why do posters that claim to have me blocked keep sending me pms and responding to my posts? That makes no sense.

After much squinting, I recognized this Coptic icon of St. Philopateer Mercurius was painted in 1672 AD (or 1388 AM, Coptic year) in the ancient Church of St. Mercurius in Old Cairo (Ancient Coptic Cairo)

He has a spear in his hands, and two swords as well. And even two more swords floating above his head.

There's also a bishop or abbot off to the right holding a staff in his left hand.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

After much squinting, I recognized this Coptic icon of St. Philopateer Mercurius was painted in 1672 AD (or 1388 AM, Coptic year) in the ancient Church of St. Mercurius in Old Cairo (Ancient Coptic Cairo)

He has a spear in his hands, and two swords as well. And even two more swords floating above his head.

There's also a bishop or abbot off to the right holding a staff in his left hand.

It is also painted in a variety of colours.

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Happy shall he be, that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock. Alleluia.

The historical inscription confirms the name of the Bishop Abraham Yaghmur but gives a date of 1648 in the Seleucid calendar (=1336/7 CE). The Arabic and Syriac are of one hand and embroidered into a single pieceof silk, meaning that both inscriptions should bear the same date. It is possible that the embroiderer copied an older fourteenth-century object. That would explain why the style of the figures does not reflect sixteenth-century ecclesiastical embroideries, which attempt to model figures with shading and create some sense of three-dimensional space with architectural and landscape elements, nor Mamluk or Ottoman tastes, the ruling dynasties of sixteenth-century Syria. However, the Arabic inscription naming the same Bishop Athanasius Abraham Yaghmur as the Syriac text, makes it very unlikely that it was copied from an earlier object, for it would rely on the existence of a fourteenth-century bishop of the same name. While Athanasius Abraham is not an uncommon name, the added details of his father’s name, village, and his second or family name of Yaghmur distinguish him from others. The author could locate only one Athanasius Abraham in the fourteenth century, and he was a Maphrian, an important title likely to be indicated on the stole. A Bishop Abraham from the “convent of Natpha [i.e. Nebek],” as al-Ḥabashi was sometimes known, is mentioned in 1319 CE. However, in that case Abraham was probably the name taken upon ordination as bishop, as that is the only name given. Moreover, the absence of the name Athanasius seems to point to a different person. Furthermore, neither of these fourteenth-century bishops have the name Yaghmur or a father named ‛Isa, so far as we know. This leaves the possibility that the numbers were written backwards and should be read as “one thousand 846” as opposed to 648. Typically, artists, many of whom were illiterate, simply copied letters and numbers from their patron’s instructions when inscribing works. When read as 1846 in the year of the Greeks, the object can be dated to 1534/5, certainly within the lifetime of our Bishop Athanasius Abraham Yaghmur.

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Vain existence can never exist, for "unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain." (Psalm 127)

If the faith is unchanged and rock solid, then the gates of Hades never prevailed in the end.

Reception organized by the "Council of the Heads of Churches in Iraq" in his honor of H.H Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch.

The reception was attended by: Mar Gewargis III Sleewa, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East and Mar Adai II, Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East as well. The reception was hosted by Archbishop Avag of the Armenian Orthodox Church.

From the Divine Liturgy celebrated at St. Peter’s Malankara Syriac Orthodox Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA on 27-Feb-2016.

Fr. Abraham Wassef of St. Mina’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Holmdel, NJ co-celebrated the liturgy with Fr. Joy John and Fr. Jose Daniel of the Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church. Several youth members from the Coptic and Malankara church attended the Sapro, Third Hour, Sixth Hour prayers and the Divine Liturgy.

Several youth members from the Coptic and Malankara church attended the Sapro, Third Hour, Sixth Hour prayers and the Divine Liturgy.

Is Sapro equivalent to Matins?

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"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." --Psalm 91: 1-2

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Several youth members from the Coptic and Malankara church attended the Sapro, Third Hour, Sixth Hour prayers and the Divine Liturgy.

Is Sapro equivalent to Matins?

Yes. It means "morning".

Thanks!

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"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust." --Psalm 91: 1-2

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.